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Bath Botanical Gardens, Somerset

Bath Botanical Gardens, Somerset

One of the most delightful features of the Royal Victoria Park, the Botanical Gardens were formed in 1887 and within their 9 and.....

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Beckford's Tower & Museum, Somerset

Beckford's Tower & Museum, Somerset

Designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge in 1825 for William Beckford, one of the nation's most accomplished and interesting characters.....

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Cley Hill, Wiltshire

This is the site of an Iron-Age Hillfort which covers around 17 acres. It is just one of several such sites in Wiltshire, but.....

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Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire

Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire

This engaging house sits serenely in a beautiful wooded Gloucestershire valley, surrounded by an old deer park. It is built of.....

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Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

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Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle, Somerset

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

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Silbury Hill, Wiltshire

Silbury Hill, Wiltshire

There are many fanciful theories about Silbury Hill, the massive conical hill described as the highest artificial mound in.....

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Avebury Manor & Garden, Wiltshire

Avebury Manor & Garden, Wiltshire

Avebury Manor is a 16th century manor house built on the site of an old monastery. The rich interior of the house shows original.....

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Horton Court, Gloucestershire

Horton Court, Gloucestershire

Remains of a 12th century rectory with Norman hall and early Renaissance decoration...

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Avebury Ring, Wiltshire

Avebury Ring, Wiltshire

This is the largest and one of the most spectacular stone circles in the world, it certainly eclipses Stonehenge, for not only is.....

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Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire

Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire

Malmesbury Abbey is built on the site of a former Saxon monastery of AD700, by the 12th-century it was an important Benedictine.....

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Abbey House Gardens, Wiltshire

Abbey House Gardens, Wiltshire

William Stumpe, the wealthy merchant responsible for giving Malmesbury Abbey back to the town following the Dissolution was also.....

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Oldbury Court Estate, Bristol, Somerset

This country estate is a wonderland on which a grand house once stood. It was owned and lived in by the Vassall family, and.....

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Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire

Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire

A magnificent arboretum which is a joy to visit at any time of year. It is run by the Forestry Commission and has a dazzling.....

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Stourhead, Wiltshire

Stourhead, Wiltshire

Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....

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Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

2 miles north-west of the garden, the 50m high Tower stands on the spot where in 879AD the King raised his standard after.....

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